Wine from France

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: This is opulent, but with restraint. The fruit is rich, black and delicious. Touches of spice and wood are present, lending complexity to the ripe fruits and balanced tannins. Impressive. ROGER VOSS

Burghound, 93 points: (90-93 points) A slightly fresher and equally cool nose combines notes of white peach, pear, citrus and lovely floral wisps, all of which is trimmed in just enough wood to notice. There is slightly more volume to the...

Decanter, 95 points: A vintage that just no question suits the soils of St-Julien. This is yet again showcasing the best of this property, with well placed juicy tannins and overall clear balance. Elegant and concentrated without straying...

jebdunnuck.com, 96 points: The 2009 Branaire-Ducru is another killer wine from this vintage that’s drinking spectacularly well at age 10. Based on 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, it’s still...

Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: (95–97) Barrel Sample. This wine's ripeness is intense, just hinting at an impressive future. The dry core of botrytis balances the honey and the spice, along with fresh lemon curd. This is likely to be a very fine wine.

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 90 points: The de Fargues ’95 has a ripe, generous, quintessential de Fargues nose with tangy marmalade, Seville orange and quince jus, though it does not quite have the razor-sharp delineation of a top-flight wine from the estate...

Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy, 93 points: (91-93 points) Pale lemon and lime. A more restrained nose, far from the madding crowd of 2019, this Meursault-Blagny has kept its freshness. It offers greater tensile strength than the village Meursault, but not...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: This is intense, with an underlying mineral element setting the pace for chalky apple, lemon and white peach flavors. The light oak notes show on the long, taut aftertaste. Precise and racy. Best from 2020 through 2028...

jebdunnuck.com, 94 points: The 2017 Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos Des Porrets ratchets up the intensity noticeably yet shares a similar sunny, rounded, almost sexy style. Wonderful ripe strawberries and blueberry fruit as well as ample notes of violets...